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Windows Server 2008 Smart-X CoreConfigurator

Submitted by James Gray on October 23, 2009 – 10:05 pmNo Comment

There are a lot of commands you have to remember to be able to perfrom the initail setup of Windows 2008 server core whereas the GUI version of 2008 can be a lot easier to administer! Fortunately there is a program by smart-X called CoreConfigurator that can ease the pain of setting up a server core OS. The application is available from here

http://www.smart-x.com/?CategoryID=198&ArticleID=170&sng=1 

The program is free for non commercial use so if you are going to use it commercially you need to buy a licence.

I installed it on a server core virtual machine by burning the .iso file to CD and installing it as shown below.

server_core_install

coreconfigurator_setup

coreconfigurator_license

coreconfigurator_install_folder

Once you click Next the program will install and you will see the screen below. You have to re-login and to run the program you have to type CoreCFG at the command prompt.

coreconfigurator_complete

When you log back in the Core Configurator will start and make configuring server core a whole lot easier.

coreconfigurator_options

Please remember that this program is NOT free for commercial use.

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